Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke interview (Part1)

[wincipoet]

RIP Edward Hardwicke :"(...now u can meet your dear friend Jeremy Brett in Heaven

[whispperson]

Jeremy Brett is a Very Sadly Missed Actor and also a Very Underated Actor.

[heyyyyyynow]

Surprising that Doyle calls Watson stupid.. I mean the guy was a Doctor, no?

[casteox]

@heyyyyyynow from other sources of what i've read, Watson is based on Doyle, and Holmes is based on his mentor Joseph Bell?

[fastmclaren71]

@heyyyyyynow 'Doyle' is watson really so maybe its a crack at himself?

[Englishlass]

The combination of Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke is the best. No one is going to measure up to them. They brought it to life and made it realistic. I wish Jeremy had lived long enough to do all of the ones the book.

[stretmediq]

I agree that the common misconception of Watson being dimwitted arises from his proximity to Holmes who is portrayed as a genius. But Watson was in fact very intelligent. In the stories he was an army officer and a physician. And I don't think the character of Holmes would have tolerated the company of an idiot.

[Frenchaccro]

@stretmediq .Quite so!

[Dragonfate88]

@stretmediq This may be a year late but I just wanted to say I agree with you entirely. Watson was a very good doctor and I hate when people call him an idiot.

[JMSS143]

Jeremy is so intelligent and kind and loving and interesting and talented. Finding "real life" segments of him being himself is my favorite way to watch Jeremy. All of this, to me, is overshadowed by his extreme gorgeousness and my desire to make out with him until he's unconscious. Hope I'm not the only one who feels this way. ;)

[jaredjensen]

i love jeremy brett. he is a briliant actor.

[MrsChristopherAsher]

In our family JB is the only Sherlock Holmes.

[gregmitty]

AHAHA, IT'S MADELEY! But where's his mum?

[feelthejoy]

lol @ mrs hudson with the umbrella!

[morgan5154]

I think that manic depression was perfect for Sherlock (although it didnt do JB any good) because Holmes emotions are depicted as neary nonexistant. And with Holmes addictions, his health could not be top notch, so yes so true JB ROCKED THE HOUSE

[BarnabasFrid]

@morgan5154

And when Jeremy rock the house, he rocked it ALL the way down!

[rsi108]

indeed indeed

[luceknight]

I'm in love with Jeremy Brett.......S2

[changingowl10]

@luceknight

Who isn't? :D *sigh*

[rebeccawilde]

Heehee I just realized Jeremy has his classtic red socks on in this interview too! :)

[ColdnessHolmes]

haha that's true! How could I not see that before? lol

[rebeccawilde]

Red socks forever!! :D

[LionessII]

I am soo glad that Edward Hardwick played Watson as an intelligent man. I love these actors, they really are the characters to me. I did like Rathbone's Holmes but his Watson ARGGHHH I couldn't even watch :(

[AlexC2827]

I know!! I beleive that Watson is intelligent becuase hes is a acomplished doctor. So in my mind i beleived him to be pretty smart!!! But he seems stupid becuase Holmes is a genius!

[de6789]

well, Holmes can't stand idiots, he mocks them (and then i laugh). so it stands to reason that his best (and only) friend would be only just slightly below genius himself.

[HarveyCartwright]

Nigel Bruce was hilarious, by far the best Watson.

[tjstoned73]

Personally I think the definitive portrayal of Watson

was given by David Burke. Intelligence, sensitivity, loyalty and dependability in equal measure. A perfect foil for the quintessential Holmes in Jeremy Brett.

[PeterFirthFan]

I agree Nibel Bruce was the most entertaining Watson.

[changingowl10]

@HarveyCartwright

Nigel Bruce, I'm sorry to say, created the worse trend for Watson, who was most emphatically not a bumbling fool. Nigel is just good for enterainment.

[babajaga39]

I loved Brett as Sherlock Holmes, but IMHO Ronald Howard's Holmes was nonetheless great.

[brettishgal]

Excellent gem of a interview thanx for sharing! JB and EH so humble, Very sweet!!

[JenJenofAz]

One of my favorite actors! Love his Sherlock Holmes, hell, he was Sherlock Holmes! What a legend! Love Jeremy Brett! But, I thought Basil was just classy! So handsome! So was Jeremy, though! I've got Sherlock Holmes off my BIO channel awhile ago, staring Jeremy Brett. My favorite to watch!

[kamwrites]

Jeremy Brett was responsible for shelves and shelves of canon and pastiches in my room. He was THE ULTIMATE.

[hallospacegirl1013]

OMG DOOOOYYLE!!! Seeing him speak is so cool. He looks like such a cool dude. AS DOES JEREMY. I love him. I love both of them.

[Raskolnikov32]

yes its weird seeing him speak. as for his explanation of how he created holmes he's bending the truth ever so slightly, without the great Poe's Dupin as a template there would be no Holmes.

[naganokumas]

Jeremy Brett or Basil Rathbone? My jury is out.

[prezjackie]

The title of Best Sherlock Holmes goes hands down to honorable Jeremy Brett. What an amazing series with him as our dear Mr Sherlock Holmes!

[BrieFcon]

Ouuu, Jeremy, miss you 'cause I was born so f...ing late...

[loveJeremyBrett]

Dear , I feel the same way *tears*

[prezjackie]

Same way. I was born in 87....tears and more tears...

[blondecharger]

Arg. 91. Why???

[BloodyCarrie]

Hardwicke's funny: "I'm glad I didn't see that(Doyle calling Watson 'Rather stupid') before I came out here."

Love this interview, and the documentary at the begining. Jeremy seemed like a wonderful person, I wish I could've met him.

[gt2red69]

WOW!! I'm so happy to see this!

Thanks!

[moviemogul18]

Good God, this is awesome to have a video response from Arthur Conan Doyle. I miss Jeremy so much, since i wish to make a feature film of a study in scarlet.

[bookishmuch]

I have such a crush on Mr Brett.

I have a problem for dead actors......I should probably get help....

[colossusrising]

Me too, he is just soo gorgeous

[22omg22]

I can understand. I need help too.

[prezjackie]

Not that I like dead actors often, Mr Brett is, well, not your typical hollywood type. I love his presence, acting, Shakespearen sort of air and his brilliant preformances as Holmes.

So, I have a crush on him too!

[bookishmuch]

Oh, I'm a sucker for dead guys. Brando. Rock Hudson. Richard Burton. Dean Martin. Love 'em. Is that creepy at all?

[LionessII]

Yeah.. I hate how they make Watson dumb. It must be hard to make a movie with Watson because he doesn't do alot, but in the stories Watson makes Holmes seem so human and takes care of him. I am glad they brought all that back.

[valetony77]

Thanks for these videos ... it could have been a good idea to get get on the DVD of the serie. I'm french and I don't understand all the comments of jeremy ... but it's a very very great souvenir from him.

[armbar]

judy is a fox

[SEXYPLUNKY]

omg i would have had to pay a £100 to see this

[Kutoomi]

A pure pleasure to watch-thank you!

[vidlad]

Amazing Thankyou for uploading this

[districtline]

Richard and Judy look so YOUNG....

[OrontesRM]

Thank you! I didn't see it!!!! O_O